Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Selections for Punchestown – May 1st 2026
3.40: LAST ROUND (JOSH HALFORD (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.15: PANDA BOY – EW – (JOHN GLEESON/MARTIN BRASSIL) 4.50: DINOBLUE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.25: NORN IRON – EW – (PAUL O’BRIEN/HARRY DERHAM, IN GB) 6.00: KING RASCO GREY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.40: LOSSIEMOUTH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.10: ARSLAN – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.40: LARGY STAR…
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Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 30th 2026
2.30: NADIA’S BOY – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.05: ADRIENNE – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/TED WALSH) 3.40: THE GOFFER – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.15: BLUE MOSQUE – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 4.50: SKY LORD – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.25: KOPEK DES BORDES (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.05: HONESTY POLICY…
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When more goals aren’t enough
MEATH… 2-15 KILDARE… 1-20 All anybody wants and should be entitled to is fair play. Meath got nowhere near that from the officials in this Leinster U-20 FC semi final at Cedral St Conleth’s Park. How these referee appointments are arrived at is another topic entirely, but all anbody wants is for the rules to…
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Eat, sleep, win, repeat?
The above is exactly how manager Cathal O’Bric and the Meath U-20 footballers will be hoping it will be when they tackle Kildare at Cedral St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge as they strive to qualify for a third successive Dalata Hotel Group Leinster U-20 FC Final. The headline stems from the fact that the Royal…
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Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 29th 2026
2.30: AGUILLED – EW – (AIDAN KELLY/P. HOBBS & J. WHITE, IN GB) 3.05: RAISE YOU UP – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 3.40: QUINTA DE LAGO – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 4.15: ZANOOSH (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 4.50: THE MOURNE RAMBLER (DECLAN LAVERY/NOEL MEADE) 5.25: CONYERS HILL – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 6.05:…
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Turkey shoot in the Garden
MEATH…6-23 WICKLOW…0-05 Another win, another half dozen goals. The potential it was always felt there was within this young bunch of Meath footballers as being so. That’s about as much as you can say about Meath’s Leinster MFC Preliminary QF victory tonight without seeming disingenuous. The home side actually opened the brigther in Aughrim and…
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Years come and go but there’s one question there’s still no answer to
It is said that fair play is good sport. So doesn’t it stand to reason that unfair play makes for bad sport? But where does reality stop and unfairness begin? With the exception of the hooter in its current form, there’s no debating that the reforms brought in by Jim Gavin’s committee have transformed football…
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Winning combination left alone
Hardly surprisingly, Meath manager Trevor Giles has kept the faith with those who hit 6-26 against Laois 12 days ago ahead of tonight’s Leinster MFC Preliminary Quarter Final against Wicklow at Echelon Park, Aughrim. However, as with previous rounds, the Royal County have again shaken up their matchday panel with Leo Kavanagh, Oisin Farrelly and…
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Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 28th 2026
2.30: WILLITGOAHEAD (JAMIE SCALLAN (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.05: POWERFUL – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 3.40: LARZAC – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.15: KOKTAIL BRUT – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.50: KITZBUHEL (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.25: BACHARACH – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.05: MAJBOROUGH (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.35: TEOFIL – EW – (DEREK…
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Joyce jolt and Downey downtime could derail Rebel redemption
Without having the Co-Op Superstores Munster Senior Hurling League results to hand, it can still be said with a fair degree of certainty that the hurlers of Cork and Limerick have met three times already this season. It would be a very brave – or foolish – individual who would bet against them having at…
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